noun
Meaning 1
The state of being sharp-sighted
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sharp-sightedness
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noun
Meaning 2
lively attentiveness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alertness, on the qui vive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attentiveness
noun
Meaning 3
sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acuity, visual acuity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality
Narrower terms: twenty-twenty, 20/20, oxyopia
History
Etymology
From sharp-sighted + -ness.